election , beck ##ham married jean raphael fu ##qua of owens ##boro . the couple had two sons . as governor beck ##ham sought to unite his party and the state . as part of this effort he supported changes to the b ##lat ##antly partisan go ##eb ##el election law , authored by his late running mate while the latter was a member of the general assembly . he stressed non @ - @ controversial issues such as improvements to roads and the state ' s educational system . he recommended passage of a law to set uniform school textbook prices , a reform both he and go ##eb ##el had advocated during the gubernatorial campaign . however , his passive leadership ensured that the general assembly
election, beckham married jean raphael fuqua of owensboro. the couple had two sons. as governor beckham sought to unite his party and the state. as part of this effort he supported changes to the blatantly partisan goebel election law, authored by his late running mate while the latter was a member of the general assembly. he stressed non @ - @ controversial issues such as improvements to roads and the state's educational system. he recommended passage of a law to set uniform school textbook prices, a reform both he and goebel had advocated during the gubernatorial campaign. however, his passive leadership ensured that the general assembly